题目内容：

Every morning a woman made some bread for members of her family and an extra piece for whoever needed it. She would always 36.     the extra piece on the windowsill(窗台).

   She 37.    an old man came every day and took the extra piece without expressing his 38.   . This went on day after day. The woman felt very 39.    . In order to punish him, she decided to add 40.    to the bread she 41.  for him! As she was about to place it on the windowsill, she 42.    and gave up eventually. Immediately, she prepared another one and put it on the sill. 43.    , the man  came that day, picked up the bread and left, totally 44.  of the anger in the heart of the woman.

   That evening, there was a 45.  on the door. As she opened it, she was 46.  to find her son standing in the doorway. He had gone to a distant place to 47. his fortune. For many months she had heard no news of him.

   Looking at his mother he said 48.   , “ Mom, it is truly  49.  I’m here.  My business   50.   so I had to beg for food on my way home. I would have died this morning, but just then an old man passed by. He was 51.   enough to give me a piece of bread, and said, ‘ this is what I eat every day. Today, I shall give it to you, for your  52.  is greater than mine!’ ”

  As the mother  53.  those words, her face turned pale. She  54.  the poisoned bread that she had made that morning. Had she not thrown it away, it would have been eaten by her own son and he would have 55.  his life!

 1... A. cut            B. taste         C. place         D. sell

  2.. A. doubted        B. noticed       C. hoped        D. worried

  3.. A. appreciation     B. concern       C. regret        D. sympathy

  4.. A. strange         B. sad           C. satisfied      D. angry

 5.. A. sugar          B. salt           C. poison        D. milk

 6.. A. cared          B. applied        C. prepared      D. begged

  7... A. agreed         B. hesitated       C. accepted      D. understood

 8.. A. As usual       B. On the way     C. As a result     D. On the other hand

  9... A. uncertain       B. unaware        C. unashamed    D. unafraid

  10.. A. message        B. key            C. knife         D. knock

 11.. A. curious         B. surprised       C. nervous       D. disappointed

 12.. A. assess          B. spend          C. seek         D. bring

 13... A. cheerfully       B. carefully       C. proudly       D. weakly

 14.. A. normal         B. amazing        C. terrible       D. necessary

  15.. A. failed          B. succeeded       C. grew         D. continued

 16... A. unique         B. smart           C. kind         D. mean

 17.. A. strength        B. job             C. help         D. need

  18.. A. said           B. wrote           C. read         D. heard

 19.. A. threw          B. remembered     C. kept         D. discovered

 20.. A. lost            B. saved          C. started       D. built